On a lake in western Borneo,
tersebutlah a squirrel with a fish friendly cork. Friendship is very strong.
One day he fell ill Gabus Fish. Sangatlemah body.
With the squirrel faithful watch over his friend. For several days the fish eat bad cork. So the squirrel tried to persuade him. But the Fish Gabus just want to eat
if the liver of fish fed Yu.
Hearing the request of the Fish Gabus, the squirrel became very sad. It was difficult to meet the friend's request. Fish Yu is a very ferocious animal and only lives in
sea. But eventually he decided also to find one.
So she began jumping from tree to tree until he came to a coconut tree trunk jutting into the sea. With the squirrel slowly melobangi coconut seed. After the water was gone, she brought into the coconut. Of the coconut, he still could undermine the coconut fruit stalks.
Soon it was coconuts off of the stems and fallen into the sea. Waves were very large. so the time is not long, it had coconut in the middle of the open sea. Suddenly there came a great fish Yu. He immediately took the palm seed round. Once inside the fish's belly, the squirrel and mengigiti heart. Fish floundering towards the shore. Arriving at the beach, Fish Yu was exhausted and eventually die.
Gladly take the Squirrel Fish Yu's heart to his friend. With the magic after eating fish liver Yu, The Fish Gabus be recovered. He jumped up and down with excitement. He also promised to help the squirrel when he was sick in the days later. (Adapted freely from Warisa Ram, et al. "Squirrels and Fish Gabus" Folklore of West Kalimantan. Jakarta).
Squirrels and Fish Gabus
